Season 5: #25 Ben Shalom

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Boxxer promoter Ben Shalom does not court attention and it is not often he talks about his background and his start in the sport.

Here, the Sky Sports promoter discusses both, his aspirations and motivations, the media and social media landscape in boxing, his stable of fighters and his deal with Sky and much more.

Ben talks about the struggle, how he was down to his last £17,000 in the company account when the UFC came calling with a lawsuit he called "heavy" and how he is now in a position to sign marquee fighters, pros, Olympians and star amateurs.

Transcript

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0:00.0	With BT Broadband and TV, you can say goodbye to boredom and hello to...
0:04.6	Huh?
0:30.0	We had 17 grand left in the account at one point.
0:32.6	I remember this really clearly and the UFC believe it or not,
0:37.5	we're suing us because our brand was called Ultimate Boxer at the time
0:42.3	and they had an issue with us using the word Ultimate which seemed ridiculous
0:45.9	but we hadn't known money at the time to fight a huge organisation at this
0:49.4	and it got quite heavy.
0:52.8	You know, if you see people saying things that aren't true about you
0:57.0	or lying about you or making up things then it's hard not to respond
1:00.8	but I think I would just, you know, it is pantomime and trying to stay out of it
1:05.3	is better for the sport and I think that's what I would say to myself to sort of
1:10.4	stay true to remember why you started.
1:14.7	It doesn't matter how respectful I am in an interview, you can find from this interview
1:18.9	I'm sure three words that can set, you know, set something on fire.
1:23.3	Like, it is, that is what this is about and at the time, yeah, it was very innocent.
1:30.8	Hello and welcome to Boxing Life Stories with me,
1:33.8	Chris Tix. What happened in the ring after Tyson only got his child's flaking bed to that?
1:38.9	Still, they've caused fun to this day.
1:42.8	You could be taking the tears from his eyes or the smile for space could you?
1:47.0	I know.
1:47.7	I can't wait to meet you.
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